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PENSIONS DEPARTMENT —continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1924. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. £ g. d. £ e. d. Capital .. .. .. .. .. 4,442 1 6 Office furniture and equipment 3,693 2 8 Reserve for depreciation .. .. .. 914 I 2 Mechanical appliances .. 840 10 6 Creditors— 4,833 13 2 Advances on account of Union £ s. d. Stationery on hand .. .. .. 692 710 of South Africa .. .. 184 8 10 Sundry debtors — Sundry .. .. .. 17,343 12 3 Advances on account of Com17,528 1 1 monwealth .. .. 13,988 .1 9 Instalments paid but not cleared by Treasury 2,821 18 8 Advances on account of Unpaid pensions— Canada .. .. 106 9 5 Pensions Act, 1913 — Government Departments .. 38,114 5 7 Old-age .. £2,422 18 5 : - 52,208 16 9 Widows' .. 761 6 4 High Commissioner's Imprest Account .. 14,697 17 5 Military 121 7 6 Pensions prepaid— —— 3,305 12 3 Pensions Act, 1913 — War Pensions Act, 1915 .. 48,308 15 2 Old-age .. £46,956 16 2 Civil Service Act, 1908 .. 236 11 5 Widows' .. 11,660 10 10 Epidemic pensions.. .. 184 3 3 Military .. 1,808 18 4 Defence Act, 1909 .. 190 17 7 ' 60,426 5 4 Special annuities .. .. 173 17 1 War Pensions Act, 1915 .. 67,448 011 Miners' Phthisis Act, 1915 .. 220 9 5 Epidemic pensions .. 1,799 13 4 Judicature Act, 1908 .. 0 1 4 Miners" pensions .. .. 2,377 7 6 Finance Act, 1919 .. 13 0 0 Civil Service Act, 1908 .. 1,552 11 3 Walsh and other Pensions Act, Defence Act, 1909 .. 143 6 I 1869 .. .. .. 8 6 8 Special annuities .. . • 182 1 0 — 52,641 14 2 Judicature Act, 1908 •• 222 4 4 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 2,589,238 15 3 Finance Act, 1919 •• 20 17 8 Finance Act, 1923 -. 12 10 0 Walsh and other Pensions Act, 1869 .. .. .. 4 3 4 134,189 0 9 Accounts prepaid .. .. .. 105 16 10 Excess of expenditure over income .. 2,461,158 19 1 £2,667,586 11 10 £2,667,586 11 10 Pensions Department, 12th September, 1924. G. C. Pache, Commissioner of Pensions. I hereby certify that the attached Income and Expenditure Account and balance-sheet have been duly examined with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby, except that the accounts include charges for rent, interest, services for which the Department possesses no appropriation of Parliament. —G. P. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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